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When do you put up your Christmas tree?

  • 01-11-2018 2:53am
    #1
    Olivia Cuddly Tail
    Posts: 0 ✭ Olivia Cuddly Tail


    Thinking of next weekend personally. I know some people wait till December 8th but I can wait that long!!


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  • #2
    jimbobaloobob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,153 ✭✭✭jimbobaloobob


    I usually do it Dec 22nd. Too busy up till then.


    Are you not bored of it by Christmas time?


  • #3
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,809 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    We sort of put up our decorations in phases from the 8th of December. However they'd often be bits floating around the house before this.
    Whilst we wouldn't be the earliest to put them up we'd often be the last to take them down.(The inside stuff)


  • #4
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,987 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    You're trolling OP, aren't you?


  • #5
    kitten_k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,184 ✭✭✭kitten_k


    We put ours up in time for the toy show.


  • #6
    Caranica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,139 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    Usually second weekend of December but it's getting very tempting at the moment


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  • #7
    omb0wyn5ehpij9
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,095 ✭✭✭✭omb0wyn5ehpij9


    As much as I love Christmas, I think putting the tree up in your house next weekend is too early! I usually wait until December, it's usually around 3 weeks before Christmas


  • #8
    BobMc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,145 ✭✭✭BobMc


    Looking at calendar for this year, personally I'd like to 8/9th, but I know the wife will want it 1/2nd


  • #9
    DvB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,476 ✭✭✭✭DvB


    Used to be about the 10th/11th Dec but that's been sneaking forward every year as the kids & the OH want the decorations up longer, Its generally been the first weekend in December for the lst 2 or 3 years but there's talk of them going up for the Late Late Toy Show on Friday Nov. 30th this year which would be the first time they'll have gone up before the month of December. Though I suspect it'll be the day after, Saturday Dec 1st in reality, as it takes longer than the few hours between getting home from work & the toy show starting to get everything up the way herself & the kids like.
    As much as I love christmas I'm not a fan of having the decorations up for 5/6 weeks so I suspect we'll go back to a bit more into december next year & will still take them down before heading back to work on Jan 2nd/3rd.
    "I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens




  • #10
    donegal_man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭donegal_man


    Start putting out a few bits n pieces from December 6th. Tree goes up on 11th, decorations added daily until 18th when we'll have the great switch on. Stays up 'til January 6th.


  • #11
    brilou23
    Registered Users Posts: 1,048 ✭✭✭brilou23


    Erect lol


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  • #12
    fergus1001
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    August 31st to get the maximum attention to feed my ADHD


  • #13
    Effects
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,760 ✭✭✭Effects


    I put mine up this morning. Once Halloween is over and done with it's good to go.


  • #14
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    Mod Note: Just a gentle reminder folks this isn't AH, feel free to comment and familiarize yourselves with the Christmas Forum Charter while you're here.


  • #15
    Feisar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,698 ✭✭✭Feisar


    Loughc wrote: »
    Mod Note: Just a gentle reminder folks this isn't AH, feel free to comment and familiarize yourselves with the Christmas Forum Charter while you're here.

    Sorry!

    First they came for the socialists...



  • #16
    Sleeper12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,155 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    Not yet :)


  • #17
    Olivia Cuddly Tail
    Posts: 0 ✭ Olivia Cuddly Tail


    jimbobaloobob wrote: »
    I usually do it Dec 22nd. Too busy up till then.


    Are you not bored of it by Christmas time?

    No, I love it :pac:


  • #18
    Deviso
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 64 ✭✭Deviso


    Mid November. Can't wait tbh.


  • #19
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Nov 24th for me this year. :D


  • #20
    SarahLil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,971 ✭✭✭SarahLil


    The Tuesday or Thursday before the Toy Show I am off those days


  • #21
    Loughc
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    The day of the Toy Show for me... hopefully... due to be Moving in the week of the 19th so it'll be a bit chaotic... depending on how the move goes and flooring gets put down will determine alot.


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  • #22
    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    Probably December 1st or 2nd. Nice long run in to Christmas Day!


  • #23
    Cockadoodledoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 245 ✭✭Cockadoodledoo


    I didn’t take it down after last Christmas, just lifted it upstairs and put it into the spare room :D

    So it will reappear the week before Christmas.


  • #24
    Toots
    Administrators, Business & Finance Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,927 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Toots


    Gonna start it on Friday 30th but it won't be finished until Saturday 1st. Can't wait!


  • #25
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Speaking of trees, here is our 2018 tree thread to show them off! :D

    If you want some inspiration, or just some nostalgia, our tree megathread has all the forum trees since 2009 for you to browse through in one convenient location :)


  • #26
    beertons
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 23,145 ✭✭✭✭beertons


    Ours is going up some time in between 21-28 November.


  • #27
    bubbles o hara
    Closed Accounts Posts: 430 ✭✭bubbles o hara


    We always have an artificial tree, I'm actually going shopping tomorrow for a new one...can't wait. I'm planning on putting it up on the 23rd, and I'm as excited as any child waiting for that date. :D


  • #28
    baby and crumble
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,512 ✭✭✭baby and crumble


    When I was younger it always went up the last Sunday before Christmas, I never really understood why until I copped that that was the time my Mam knew all of us would be home for the Christmas holidays from boarding school, so we could help decorate and we wouldn’t be missing anything when we were away.

    Now I am a HUGE Christmas fan but even I balk at the tree going up before December. I like the idea of having it up for the Toy show but it’s gotten a bit early for me. We’ll probably put ours up the first or second week of December.


  • #29
    Deviso
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 64 ✭✭Deviso


    I was informed this morning that the first of our three trees will be going up today.

    This is fantastic.


  • #30
    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    Remember folks if anyone ever says it’s too early to put the tree up just remind them that you’re drunk already and it’s not even St Patrick’s Day yet. :pac:


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  • #31
    Deviso
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 64 ✭✭Deviso


    Loughc wrote: »
    Remember folks if anyone ever says it’s too early to put the tree up just remind them that you’re drunk already and it’s not even St Patrick’s Day yet. :pac:

    I like it.


  • #32
    Toots
    Administrators, Business & Finance Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,927 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Toots


    I'd usually say no way to the tree going up before 1st Dec or if the 1st is a Sunday, then that weekend. I've been feeling pretty blue of late so I'd actually happily put my tree up tomorrow for a bit of Christmas cheer!


  • #33
    Olivia Cuddly Tail
    Posts: 0 ✭ Olivia Cuddly Tail


    Don’t forget to show off the tree in the tree.. thread! (So much tree)


  • #34
    SarahLil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,971 ✭✭✭SarahLil


    I did say the Tuesday or Thursday before the toyshow but now my other half has told me he to go the Rugby with work on the 24th so things from the attic might start to make an appearance then :D


  • #35
    kitten_k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,184 ✭✭✭kitten_k


    A guy I know put his tree up today, so jealous


  • #36
    AttentionBebe
    Registered Users Posts: 241 ✭✭AttentionBebe


    Never until the middle of December for us, after our eldest's birthday. It's only fair to let him have that before it's overtaken by Christmas!


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  • #37
    screamer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,172 ✭✭✭screamer


    Usually after 14th December... But this year I'll be doing it earlier 8th or 9th sounds good. I'd put it up sooner but hubbie would kill me!


  • #38
    Sundew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,554 ✭✭✭Sundew


    My workplace put their tree up last week!


  • #39
    chuckles30
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,380 ✭✭✭chuckles30


    Normally Dec 1st for me - but given the Toy Show is Nov 30th - I'm thinking it might be up for the Toy Show. I will be off work on the 26th, so I think I will pull all the stuff out of the attic that day and maybe do a few bits during the week, get the tree up on the 30th between work & the Toy Show. Finish everything else the weekend of 1st & 2nd and then relax and enjoy my handiwork for a minimum of 5 weeks


  • #40
    Day Lewin
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    Stubborn conservative here, we leave it until just before the last weekend before Christmas. And leave it up until the 6th Jan is over. :-(
    I hate taking down the tree: love looking at them.


  • #41
    starlit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,344 ✭✭✭✭starlit


    Nearer to the 8th of December when it feels more like its actually Christmas too soon to put it up at the moment! Use to be nearly Christmas Eve when I was younger and not take them down till early January. December before getting into the Christmas mood at all!


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  • #42
    Sundew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,554 ✭✭✭Sundew


    I put my tree up today.... the earliest I’ve ever done it! :-D

    It was such a miserable day out...I just thought feck it why not!
    I has been looking at all these photos of trees being put up on a private Christmas group I’m a member of, and thought “I can’t wait until the end of the month.”I will try and get a photo up on the tree thread. Any recommendations for a photo hosting site other the Flickr ?


  • #43
    mojesius
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    Mines going up on the 30th of November this year, come hell or high water!


  • #44
    Loughc
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    Sundew wrote: »
    I put my tree up today.... the earliest I’ve ever done it! :-D

    It was such a miserable day out...I just thought feck it why not!
    I has been looking at all these photos of trees being put up on a private Christmas group I’m a member of, and thought “I can’t wait until the end of the month.”I will try and get a photo up on the tree thread. Any recommendations for a photo hosting site other the Flickr ?

    I use tiny pic to upload photos :)


  • #45
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Tiny pic or imgur are good ones.

    SHOW US. :D


  • #46
    Pandora!
    Registered Users Posts: 222 ✭✭Pandora!


    Usually I put the tree up around the 25th of November, however a few decorations are already making an appearance, Christmas Nutcracker Soldiers + Glittery Unicorns are already floating around the Christmasphere...I think more will be emerging !! the sooner the better !!


  • #47
    Posy
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 27,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Posy


    Pandora! wrote: »
    Usually I put the tree up around the 25th of November, however a few decorations are already making an appearance, Christmas Nutcracker Soldiers + Glittery Unicorns are already floating around the Christmasphere...I think more will be emerging !! the sooner the better !!
    My Christmas nutcrackers were busted out of the attic today! It begins. :D


  • #48
    crossmolinalad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 837 ✭✭✭crossmolinalad


    lived for a while in the states and there we did put the decorations up just before thanks giving
    Still here doing the same so just before thanksgiving it is


  • #49
    Deviso
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 64 ✭✭Deviso


    Mine went up on Saturday. Its fantastic coming home to it.


  • #50
    sKeith
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    Sundew wrote: »
    I put my tree up today.... the earliest I’ve ever done it! :-D

    It was such a miserable day out...I just thought feck it why not!
    I has been looking at all these photos of trees being put up on a private Christmas group I’m a member of, and thought “I can’t wait until the end of the month.”I will try and get a photo up on the tree thread. Any recommendations for a photo hosting site other the Flickr ?


    Boards attachment allows up to 4mb jpg files.


  • #51
    Sundew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,554 ✭✭✭Sundew


    Posy wrote: »
    Tiny pic or imgur are good ones.

    SHOW US. :D

    Tis up Posy!


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